Cure of Melancholy. Memb. 3 • 3 3Z Y Ita vita eft hominum,quaji cum lu~d 141-::-=te-:;ffi:;;:er-il:--,---_:_::.::.:.:::2_ · Si illr.d quodeft maxime opm jac1u nsn cadit, Y Ter.Ad<l.al/. Jllud quod cecidit forte, td arte M corrigM · ~·f;;;q •• ~res Ifrhoucanllnot fling what thou wouldell, playrhy~all as well as thou d•"' habet an- caRfi. Everything faith • Epifletm harh two handles,rhe one robe held by !; ,:!:~;~~- the other nor,'ris in our choice to rake and leave whether we will (all which zeramqu• non Sifltplicsm hts Commentator,harh 1llullrated bymany examples) and 'ris porejf, in manu in our own power, as they fay, to make or marre our felves.Conforme rhy ~~;~ ..q:;,7- felfcrhep to thy prefem fortune, and cur thy coat according to thy cl oath, pm. > Vt qr11mtH (quod atllnt)qr.ando quod volumtt< non licet, Be contented with. ~~"·[::: thy !o!fe, !late and calling whar[oever it is,and rell as well farisfied with thy -4· '· prefent condition in this life, Efto quod es,quod frmt alii,jine quemlihet e!fe; ~odnones, nolil;quodpotes e{fe,veli<. Be as thou arr, and as they are,io let :i~!,~~e~m;!:: Or~er~ be !till,what is and may. be covet. . ~i~ium qu• And as he that 1s • mvued to a feall, eates what ts fer before htm and looks appo~u~rur <0- for no other, enjoy that thou hall,and aske no more ofGod,rhen what bee ~:~;,;~: ;:•- thinks fitto beirowuponthee. N~ncuiviscontingitadireCorinthum, wee munJ. mulra . may not be all Gentlemen,all Cat,o s, or L.t.lit, as TuUy relleth us,all honou. ~~i;;7,: qu< dtf 'ra~le, illullrious and f~rene,all tich ; bur becau[emortall men want many , ~ap.6.J, pro- thmgs, 'Therefore, fatth Theod~ret, hath God dtverjly dt~rthuted his gifts, ~idenria. Mor- wealth to one, sktU to another, thM rt,;h men mtghtencourage and Jet poore ~~;~~'";,/.~!,. men a work, poor~ men might learne feverall trades to the comfltongootf. As indigi)deo de"' a peece of Arras 1s compofed of feverall parcels,fome wrought of lilke, au~dtviria.~, fomeof gold, lilver, crewell of diVers colours, all to ferveforrheexor- ::~'l[t~f:;::,- nation of the whole: Mulick is m~de of divers difcords and keyes,a rorall ut qui optb"' fumme ofmany [mal numbers: [o 1s aCommon-wealth offeverall inequal ~;:,~~~;n;.~:~~~ trades andcalliogs.b_If all iliould be Cr£/i andDarii,allidle,all infortunes firenr,qui ~"' equall, who fuould t1ll thelan~? As' Menemtt< Agrzppa wellfansfied the it10per,.xerci- tumultuous rout of Rome, mh1s elegant Apologue of the belly and rhe reft :;;:,:;~~~e- ofthemembers:Who fhould build hou[es,make our feverall llutfs for rai. ant.. meats~ We fhould all be llarved for company,as Poverty declared at large ~::!::~ ~:;:.;. in Ariffophanes Plut~ , and _fue at la~ to b€as we were at firll. And rhereeftur omucr f•· fore God h~th appomred tl11S ·~equaluy ofSrares, order$ and degrees, a '"'· pmanr, fubordinanon,as ma! other rhmgs .The earrh yeelds nounilimenr to vege- ;:~ j.~;;,;;~- rals,Cenlible creatures. feed on vegetals, both are fubllitures ro,reafonable quir ftmenrem [ouls,and men are fubJetl: amongll rhemfelves , and all to higher powers, t~::;::; ~~~:,,, [o God would have it. All rhi~gs then being rightly examin~d and dueir ;uir ~inum conlidered as they ought,there1s no fu~h caufe offogeneral d&onrenr,'ns exp~imeret? nor in the matter it [elfe, bur 10 our mmde, as wee moderate our paffioas :\ Ltvl.•j and elleeme ofthings. Nihilaliudnece!farium ut fts mifer(CairhdCardan) .,;[.·l· ' quamutte miferrmtcred.u,Lct t~y fortune bee what it will: 'tis rhyminde alone that makes thee poore or nch, m1ferable or happy.Vtdt ego (faithd1. vineS eneca) in villa hilari & am.cna.m.ejlos, & tNedtafolitudintoccupatos; nonl.cH! (edanimu-s facit ad tranqt;i/litatem,I have feene men miferably de· jetted in a pleafanr ;-'il_lage,and fomeagain,well occupied and_ar _good eafe in a folitary def.m. T1s the mmd not the place caufeth rranqUilhty,& that gives
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